Pervert jailed for accessing over 1,000 vile child sex images at his Leeds home

Simon Cook.

Tony Gardner

Published:14:39Monday 22 May 2017

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A pervert who accessed over 1,000 images of young children being seriously sexually abused has been jailed for two years.

Simon Cook, 41, was told by a judge that his offending was too serious to impose anything other than an immediate prison sentence.

Leeds Crown Court heard Cook initially came to the attention of police in May 2014 after receiving intelligence that abusive child images had been accessed from internet address linked to his partner.

An officer went to his family home on Parkside Row, Beeston, but no action was taken after he was satisfied that Cook’s partner had no knowledge of any illegal activity.

Further action was taken in December 2014 when a detective inspector reviewed the matter and questioned the officer’s initial decision not to take action.

Dave Mackay, prosecuting, said three laptop computers were seized from the property which were analysed and found to contain 1,192 indecent images and 57 movies.

A total of 121 images and nine movies were at category A - the most serious level of offending.

It was also discovered that Cook had made internet searches referring to the rape of children.

The night before his arrest he had accessed 21 different web pages featuring sexual abuse of children before doing some online gambling then visiting a casino in Leeds in the early hours of the morning.